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Reference > Agency & Standards
Safety standards are changing, and it is important to ensure that both new and existing products comply with the very latest requirements.
Japanese Standard: PSE
DENAN Law (PSE Mark)
The Electrical Appliance and Material Safety Law (DENAN: DENKI YOHIN ANZEN HO) is a Japanese law in force as of April 1, 2001. It is a revision of the Electrical Appliance and Material Control Law (DENTORI: DENKI YOHIN TORIHIKI HO). The DENTORI law applied to type certification granted by the government to the products to be regulated. The DENAN law applies to third party quality certification which is granted by a third party called "a registered inspection agency".
The products subject to regulation by the DENAN law are 112 items categorized as "Specified Electrical Appliances" and 340 items categorized as "Non-specified Electrical Appliances." Specified Electrical Appliances are required to undergo conformity inspection at a registered inspection agency.
The following PSE marks will be affixed to the product as a mark proving conformance as a Specified or Non-specified Electrical Appliance.
 
For details of the DENAN Law, visit the following web site:
Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI)'s page describing DENAN Law (in Japanese):
http://www.meti.go.jp/policy/consumer/seian/denan/index.htm
The site above includes the list of Specified and Non-specified Electrical Appliances.
(from http://www.sensorcentral.com/worldsupport/standards05.php)
EN600xx
Listed below are expiry dates for a number of commonly used standards. Please note, once the last date for production has past, a product may not meet all the current requirements of the Low Voltage Directive.
EN60065 is the standard covering "Audio, video and similar electronic apparatus - Safety requirements".
The old standard was EN60065:1993+A11, and its last date for both evaluation and production was 1st August 2002. The standard was replaced by EN60065:1998. The last date for evaluation and production to EN60065:1998 is 1st March 2007, when it too will be superseded by EN60065:2002 (which will apply until further notice.
EN60950 is the standard entitled "Information technology equipment - Safety - Part 1: General requirements". EN60950:1992+A1+A2+A3+A4 has expired. The last date for evaluation was 1st August 1998, and the last date for production was 1st August 2003. The standard was replaced by EN60950:1992+A1+A2+A3+A4+A11, which is valid for evaluation and production until 1st January 2005.
After this date it will be superseded by EN60950:2000, which will apply to all evaluation and production until 1st July 2006, at which point it will be replaced by EN 60950-1:2001 until further notice.
EN61010-1 is entitled "Safety requirements for electrical equipment for measurement, control and laboratory use - Part 1: General requirements". EN61010-1:1993 was valid for evaluation until 1st July 1995 and for production until 1st April 2001. It was replaced by EN61010-1:1993+A2, which was valid for evaluation and production until 1st January 2004. The standard has now been superseded by EN61010-1:2001, which will remain valid until further notice.
(from http://www.electronicstalk.com/news/tvi/tvi110.html)
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